Athearn Trains HO scale Electro-Motive Division FP45 diesel locomotive HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division F45 and FP45 diesel locomotives. F45: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (pinstripe scheme); BNSF Ry. (ex-Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe yellow bonnet), Burlington Northern, and Montana Rail Link. FP45: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Super Fleet warbonnet) and Milwaukee Road. Railroad-specific […]
U34CH No. 3372 in transit in late October. Michael William Sullivan BOONTON, N.J. – For the first time in more than a decade, a General Electric U34CH rolled along the NJ Transit main line. Last week, the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey moved the world’s last surviving U34CH, No. 3372, from the New […]
A Minnesota Southern train crosses a trestle at Magnolia. Steve Glischinski LUVERNE, Minn. – The Minnesota Southern Railway hopes to reopen the western end of its line following flooding which devastated the railroad last summer. Heavy rains struck the area in June, heavily damaging the railroad. No trains have reached the west end of the […]
NOTES: 1. Owned by Ogdensburg Bridge & Port Authority 2. Lettered Washington County Railroad 3. Painted in 50th anniversary scheme 4. Built as ACL GP7 No. 103 in 1950, rebuilt by SCL to GP16 ABBREVIATIONS: CLP – Clarendon & Pittsford Railroad GMRC – Green Mountain Railroad NY&OC – New York & Ogdensburg Railway VTR – […]
Nos. 100 and 101 running around an excursion train in Wisconsin in December 2012. Steve Glischinski CHICAGO – Iowa Pacific Holding is the top bidder for two Illinois Central E units from Canadian National. The two units, E9s Nos. 100 and 101 were put up for sale earlier this year after CN deemed them surplus. […]
In this installment of Video Step by Step, Cody Grivno shows you how to model a weather-beaten modern diesel locomotive using acrylic paints. In part 1 of 2, he covers how to disassemble the N scale model, prep it for painting, and apply the characteristic deteriorating paint patches. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This is part 2 of the Video Step by Step covering how to add weathering effects to an N scale diesel locomotive. Cody Grivno shares techniques for applying rust patches and soot effects, painting the trucks, fuel tank, and underframe, blending the various […]
In this installment of Video Step by Step, Cody Grivno shows you how to model a weather-beaten modern diesel locomotive using acrylic paints. In part 1 of 2, he covers how to disassemble the N scale model, prep it for painting, and apply the characteristic deteriorating paint patches. […]
Having trouble viewing this video? Please visit our Video FAQ page This is part 2 of the Video Step by Step covering how to add weathering effects to an N scale diesel locomotive. Cody Grivno shares techniques for applying rust patches and soot effects, painting the trucks, fuel tank, and underframe, blending the various […]
The engineer of a Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RS1 eyes the photographer as his locomotive clatters across the Rock Island diamonds at Joliet, Ill., in 1951. The Alco and a caboose are bound for GM&O’s South Joliet yard. Wallace W. Abbey photo […]
Price: $729.95 (no. 20-20342-1) Features: O-42 operation, two can-style motors and smoke units in each A unit, coil couplers on A units, decorated cab interiors, MTH DCS sound and control system Current production road names: Baltimore & Ohio, Florida East Coast, Kansas City Southern, Union Pacific Getting from the Big Apple to Miami for fun, […]
Atlas Model RR Co. HO scale Alco C-424 diesel locomotive Although the HO scale Alco C-424 has been part of the Atlas product line for years, this latest Classic-series version marks the first time the firm’s HO model has been available with an ESU LokSound Select Digital Command Control (DCC) decoder that captures the raspy […]
